Managing agricultural enterprises : exploring profitability and best practice in Central Europe

301 Pages·2017·3.21 MB·English

by  Bryła

EDITED BY
PAWEŁ BRYŁA
MANAGING
AGRICULTURAL
ENTERPRISES
Exploring Profitability
and Best Practice in
Central Europe
Managing Agricultural Enterprises
Paweł Bryła
Editor
Managing
Agricultural
Enterprises
Exploring Profitability and Best
Practice in Central Europe
Editor
Paweł Bryła
Department of International Marketing and Retailing
University of Łódź
Lodz, Poland
ISBN 978-3-319-59890-1 ISBN 978-3-319-59891-8 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-59891-8
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Contents
Part I Managerial Issues in Agricultural Enterprises in
Poland 1
1 Agricultural Enterprises in Poland 3
Paweł Bryła
1.1 Agricultural Enterprises in the Country’s Economy 4
1.2 Managerial Issues in the Agricultural Enterprises in 
General 14
2 Profitability in Polish Agricultural Enterprises 27
Paweł Bryła
2.1 Main Factors Influencing Profitability 27
2.2 Planning and Forecasting Profitability 36
3 Managerial Challenges in Polish Agricultural
Enterprises 43
Paweł Bryła
3.1 Sales Potential 43
3.2 Competitiveness 48
3.3 Partnerships and Cooperation 54
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3.4 Human Resources 60
3.5 Risk Management 66
4 Good Practices and Unresolved Problems in Polish
Agricultural Enterprises 77
Paweł Bryła
4.1 Good Practices 77
4.2 Unresolved Problems and Gaps 88
4.3 Suggestions for Market-Based Services 93
Part II Managerial Issues in Agricultural Enterprises in
the Czech Republic 103
5 Agricultural Enterprises in the Czech Republic 105
Hana Urbancová
5.1 Agricultural Enterprises in the Country’s Economy 106
5.2 Managerial Issues in Agricultural Enterprises in 
General 109
6 Profitability in Czech Agricultural Enterprises 133
Hana Urbancová
6.1 Main Factors Influencing Profitability 133
6.2 Planning and Forecasting Profitability 137
7 M anagerial Challenges in Czech Agricultural Enterprises 145
Hana Urbancová
7.1 Sales Potential 147
7.2 Competitiveness 149
7.3 Partnerships and Cooperation 150
7.4 Human Resources 152
7.5 Risk Management 159
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8 Good Practices and Unresolved Problems in Czech
Agricultural Enterprises 165
Hana Urbancová
8.1 Good Practices 165
8.2 Unresolved Problems and Gaps 172
8.3 Suggestions for Market-Based Services 174
Part III Managerial Issues in Agricultural Enterprises in
Hungary 181
9 Agricultural Enterprises in Hungary 183
Krisztián Kovács
9.1 Agricultural Enterprises in the Country’s Economy 183
9.2 Managerial Issues in Agricultural Enterprises in 
General 193
10 Profitability in Hungarian Agricultural Enterprises 209
Krisztián Kovács
10.1 Main Factors Influencing Profitability 209
10.2 Planning and Forecasting Profitability 216
11 Managerial Challenges in Hungarian Agricultural
Enterprises 225
Krisztián Kovács
11.1 Sales Potential 227
11.2 Competitiveness 230
11.3 Partnerships and Cooperation 231
11.4 Human Resources 232
11.5 Risk Management 233
11.6 Good Practices and Unresolved Problems 236
11.7 Suggestions for Market-Based Services 238
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Part IV Managerial Issues in Agricultural Enterprises in
Central Europe: A Synthesis of Country Studies 241
12 A General Overview of Agriculture and Profitability
in Agricultural Enterprises in Central Europe 243
Judit Kocsis and Klára Major
12.1 Size of the Sector 244
12.2 Farm Structure 247
12.3 Products 250
12.4 Foreign Trade 252
12.5 Human Resources 257
12.6 Managerial Issues in Agricultural Enterprises
in General 259
12.7 Main Factors Influencing Profitability 262
12.8 Planning and Forecasting Profitability 263
13 Managerial Challenges in Central European Agricultural
Enterprises 267
Judit Kocsis and Klára Major
13.1 Methodology of the Qualitative Research 268
13.2 Main Findings of the Interviews 270
13.3 Sales Potential 272
13.4 Competitiveness 275
13.5 Partnerships and Cooperation 276
13.6 Human Resources 277
13.7 Risk Management 279
13.8 Good Practices 280
13.9 Unresolved Problems and Gaps 281
13.10 Suggestions for Market-Based Services 282
Index 285
List of Figures
Fig. 1.1 The number of agricultural holdings in Poland in
thousands (2005–2015) (Source: Adapted from Central
Statistical Office of Poland (2016: 471)) 5
Fig. 1.2 Farms by area groups in Poland (%) (2015) (Note: For
the reasons of space, we simplify bar names – the exact
intervals are as follows: <=1; 1.01–1.99; 2.00–4.99;
5.00–9.99; 10.00–14.99; 20.00–49.99, and >=50.00;
Source: Adapted from Central Statistical Office of Poland
(2016: 473)) 6
Fig. 1.3 Employed persons in Polish agriculture in thousands
(2005–2015) (Source: Adapted from Central Statistical
Office of Poland (2016: 242)) 8
Fig. 1.4 Gross agricultural output (intermediate consumption and
gross value added) in Poland in million zlotys (2005–2015)
(Source: Adapted from Central Statistical Office of Poland
(2016: 473)) 10
Fig. 1.5 Market output (crops and animals) in Poland in million
zlotys (2005–2015) (Source: Adapted from Central Statistical
Office of Poland (2016: 473)) 11
Fig. 3.1 Polish exports of agri-food products in million zlotys
(2005–2015) (Source: Adapted from Central Statistical
Office of Poland (2016: 570)) 44
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Fig. 5.1 Land use in the Czech Republic in thousand hectares
(2010–2013) (Source: Adapted from Czech Statistical
Office (2014)) 110
Fig. 5.2 The role of neighbouring countries in exports and imports
of the Czech Republic (2013) (Source: Adapted from
Heczková (2014)) 114
Fig. 5.3 Working persons in agriculture by age groups in the
Czech Republic (2000–2013) (Source: Adapted from
Czech Statistical Office (2014)) 116
Fig. 9.1 The sectoral structure of the agricultural output in
Hungary (2014) (Source: Adapted from HCSO (2015b)) 186
Fig. 9.2 Agricultural holdings by legal forms and type of farming in
Hungary (2013) (Source: Adapted from HCSO (2015a)) 190
Fig. 9.3 Commodity structure of foreign trade in agricultural
products in Hungary (2015) (Note: Data for January–May.
Source: Adapted from HCSO (2015a)) 196
Fig. 9.4 The distribution of private holders and non-paid family
workers in Hungarian private holdings by age groups
(2013) (Source: Adapted from HCSO (2015a)) 201
Fig. 10.1 Utilised Agricultural Area by land use in Hungary (2015)
(Source: Adapted from HCSO (2015)) 210
Fig. 10.2 Utilised arable land use in Hungary (2013) (Source:
Adapted from HCSO (2015)) 211
Fig. 10.3 The highest agricultural qualification among private holders
in Hungary (2013) (Source: Adapted from HCSO (2015)) 214
Fig. 10.4 The highest agricultural qualification among non-paid
family workers (holders excluded) in private holdings
in Hungary (2013) (Source: Adapted from HCSO (2015)) 215
Fig. 12.1 Agri-food exports of Central European countries by
destination (%) (1999–2010) (Note: NMS – New
Member States. Source: Adapted from Jámbor (2013: 26)) 252
Fig. 12.2 Share of agricultural goods in total exports in Central
European countries in extra-EU trade (%) (2012)
(Source: Adapted from European Parliament (2014: 18)) 255
Fig. 12.3 Share of agricultural goods in total imports in Central
European countries in extra-EU trade (%) (2012)
(Source: Adapted from European Parliament (2014: 19)) 256